Best-Evidence Rule in United Kingdom

Definition of Best-Evidence Rule

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Best-Evidence Rule : A rule requiring that a party must call the best evidence that the nature of the case will allow. Formerly of central importance, in modern law it is largely confined to a rule of practice, not a requirement of law, that the original of a private document must be produced in order to prove its contents; if it cannot be produced its absence must be explained.